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Proposal to dedicate Southampton County courthouse to Chief Justice Goodwin deferred until after his retirement

Southampton County Board of Supervisors · October 28, 2025
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Following extensive public comment both for and against, the board voted to revisit a proposal to dedicate the county courthouse to Chief Justice S. Bernard Goodwin after he has actually retired; supporters cited his career and local ties, while others said naming a taxpayer-funded building after a living person should be delayed and researched further.

The Southampton County Board of Supervisors voted to defer consideration of a proposal to dedicate the new courthouse to Chief Justice S. Bernard Goodwin until after he has retired.

Rick Francis (speaker 17), who brought the proposal to the board, asked supervisors to place modest lettering outside the courthouse and to include an interior portrait and biographical display.…

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